Circulating Collection & Books in Review + Buildings and Grounds

Thanks to your generous support on Library Giving Day, Pequot Library has additional, much-needed funds to use toward our library books and materials budget, which means more circulating items (books, audiobooks, and ebooks) for our community to enjoy.

The following is a selection of adult books from the 2021–2022 fiscal year from Pequot Library’s Chief Librarian Christine Catallo. Whether they were featured in our Meet the Author series or among the most checked-out books of the year, all are recommended reading!

A retelling of the beloved classic,

Vinegar Girl Anne Tyler In this modern retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, prickly Kate is coerced into a Green Card-marriage with eccentric Pyotr so he can remain in the country to assist with her father’s scientific research. A Swim in the Pond in the Rain George Saunders Booker prize–winning author Saunders offers a version of his MFA course on Russian literature to teach readers and writers the art of the short story form. Love’s Journey Home Gabi Coatsworth Local, award-winning writer tells the tale of her marriage, its ups and downs, and of falling in love again after a crushing diagnosis. The Chosen and the Beautiful Nghi Vo

The Great Gatsby with a magical realism twist: what if Jay Gatsby had really sold his soul to the Devil?

Buildings and Grounds Improvements

Pequot Library made multiple improvements to its physical structure, which included sealing the Lexan panels that dot the perimeter of the 1971-72 addition. We also painted the shipping containers that house used books, repaired the wood porch on the cottage, and fixed the handrail at the rear entrance. In the interest of safety, the Library removed multiple dead trees from the property, but planted six additional trees along the shipping container line.